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              <h4 class="media-heading">Turbulent combustion modeling <small class="text-muted">(2017–)</small></h4>
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              <p>Most practical combustion phenomena are turbulent, but turbulent flames pose a challenging modeling problem due to the complex interactions between fluid flow, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics. We are both studying the turbulence-chemistry interactions that occur in the combustion of practical fuels, and also developing better modeling techniques and best practices.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/multicomponent-diffusion-flame" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Assessing the impact of multicomponent diffusion in direct numerical simulations of premixed, high-Karlovitz, turbulent flames</a> (2021)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/multicomponent-diffusion-method" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> A fast, low-memory, and stable algorithm for implementing multicomponent transport in direct numerical simulations</a> (2020)</p>
              
              
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              <h4 class="media-heading">Turbulence-chemistry interactions in the ocean <small class="text-muted">(2017–)</small></h4>
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              <p>Turbulent mixing and biogeochemical processes in the ocean can interact when occurring at similar time scales; for example, carbonate formation occurs at similar time scales as small-scale turbulence in the upper ocean, while submesoscale eddies evolve over the same time scales as plankton blooms. This project seeks to understand how these processes interact with each other, which has implications for global biogeochemical cycles. It involves accurate large-eddy simulations of upper-ocean turbulence and detailed biogeochemical kinetic models.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/langmuir-carbonate-chemistry" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Effects of Langmuir turbulence on upper ocean carbonate chemistry</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
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              <h4 class="media-heading">Ignition, propagation, and emissions of smoldering combustion <small class="text-muted">(2016–)</small></h4>
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              <p>Smoldering combustion plays an important role in wildfires, since it can contribute significantly to carbon emissions and also transition back to the flaming mode of combustion. However, the physical and chemical processes that control the ignition, propagation, and emissions of smoldering in woody fuels are not well understood, and this project is working to fix that.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/douglas-fir-reduced-model" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Reduced Gas-Phase Kinetic Models for Burning of Douglas Fir</a> (2019)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/smoldering-exp-comp-poci" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Effects of fuel content and density on the smoldering characteristics of cellulose and hemicellulose</a> (2019)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/smoldering-mixtures-poci" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Computational study of the effects of density, fuel content, and moisture content on smoldering propagation of cellulose and hemicellulose mixtures</a> (2019)</p>
              
              
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              <h4 class="media-heading">Open database of combustion measurements (ChemKED/Pr.omethe.us) <small class="text-muted">(2016–)</small></h4>
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              <p>The combustion community has generated many thousands of fundamental combustion data points using a variety of experimental apparatuses, which are extremely useful for validating and refining models for fuel oxidation. However, most such data are either represented via figures or tables, not openly accessible, or stored in a format not easily readable by people or machines. This project is designing human and machine-readable data standards for combustion measurements, and building an open, community database for them (along with tools to use the data).
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/chemked-ijck" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> ChemKED: A human- and machine-readable data standard for chemical kinetics experiments</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/model-parameter-discrepancy" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Assessing impacts of discrepancies in model parameters on autoignition model performance: A case study using butanol</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
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              <p>Typical approaches to using supercomputing systems to solve large systems of partial differential equations, like those governing fluid flow, require significant amounts of memory transfer at every computational time step. This project is developing a method to reduce the number of communication steps compared with typical approaches, with the goal of improving overall performance.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/swept-heterogeneous" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Applying the swept rule for solving explicit partial differential equations on heterogeneous computing systems</a> (2020)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/GPU-swept-rule-1D" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Accelerating solutions of one-dimensional unsteady PDEs with GPU-based swept time–space decomposition</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
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              <p>Our group advocates for the open sharing of all research artifacts developed with public funds, including open access papers, open data, and open research software. We work on following best practices in software development, enabling reproducibility in computational research, and giving credit for software developments.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/tomorrows-university" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> The principles of tomorrow's university</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/openness-engineering" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> The case for openness in engineering research</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/joss-peerjcs" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
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                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/wssspe4-jors" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Fourth Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE4)</a> (2018)</p>
                  
                  
                  
                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/peer-review" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review</a> (2017)</p>
                  
                  
                  
                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/wssspe3-report" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Report on the Third Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE3)</a> (2016)</p>
                  
                  
                  
                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/software-citation-challenge" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> The challenge and promise of software citation for credit, identification, discovery, and reuse</a> (2016)</p>
                  
                  
                  
                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/software-citation-principles" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Software citation principles</a> (2016)</p>
                  
                  
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              <h4 class="media-heading">Efficient integrators for chemical kinetics <small class="text-muted">(2013–)</small></h4>
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              <p>Simulations of reacting fluid flows can be performed with accurate models for chemical kinetics by intelligently choosing and designing appropriate solvers. For this project, we are looking at choosing the best algorithm based on local conditions in a simulation and also the available computing hardware.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/simd-simt-pyjac2" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Using SIMD and SIMT vectorization to evaluate sparse chemical kinetic Jacobian matrices and thermochemical source terms</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/cpc-chemistry-vectorization" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Accelerating finite-rate chemical kinetics with coprocessors: Comparing vectorization methods on GPUs, MICs, and CPUs</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/stiff-GPU-integrators" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> An investigation of GPU-based stiff chemical kinetics integration methods</a> (2017)</p>
              
              
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                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/review-GPU-CFD" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Recent progress and challenges in exploiting graphics processors in computational fluid dynamics</a> (2014)</p>
                  
                  
                  
                  <p><a href="/papers/paper/moderately-stiff-GPU" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Accelerating moderately stiff chemical kinetics in reactive-flow simulations using GPUs</a> (2014)</p>
                  
                  
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              <h4 class="media-heading">Fuels for low-temperature combustion engines <small class="text-muted">(2013–)</small></h4>
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              <p>This project is looking at ways to evaluate fuels for advanced combustion engines that operate at lower combustion temperatures than conventional gasoline or diesel engines. Traditional fuel ratings such as octane number poorly predict the behavior of fuels in the newer engine modes, so we are working on ways to better quantify fuel performance there.
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              <p><a href="/papers/paper/FTIR-LTC" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Predicting fuel low-temperature combustion performance using Fourier-transform infrared absorption spectra of neat hydrocarbons</a> (2019)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/FACE-surrogates" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> FACE gasoline surrogates formulated by an enhanced multivariate optimization framework</a> (2018)</p>
              
              
              
              <p><a href="/papers/paper/RON-FTIR" class="off"><i class="far fa-file-alt fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> Predicting fuel research octane number using Fourier-transform infrared absorption spectra of neat hydrocarbons</a> (2016)</p>
              
              
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              <p>Simulations of combustion and chemically reacting flows use chemical kinetic models to describe how hydrocarbon fuels break down and react. But, these models can be extremely large and complex, particularly for fuel components relevant to practical transportation fuels. This project develops tools for reducing the size and complexity of these models.
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              <p>Vacuum arc remelting (VAR) furnaces have been used for decades to produce high-quality metal ingots for demanding applications like in the aerospace and biomedical fields, but the extreme conditions inside a furnace make diagnostics and control of the process challenging. This project analyzed an approach for sensing the position of the electrical arc inside a VAR furnace using finite element simulations.
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              <p>This project is investigating a concept for efficient electrical power generation using a pulse detonation engine (PDE) coupled with direct power extraction via a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator. The system is particularly well-suited for pure oxygen combustion (oxy-combustion) since it doesn't have any moving interior parts, so it could offer a viable approach to producing power efficiently and capturing the carbon from the exhaust.
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